Famous Places to Visit

Interlaken Introduction
Interlaken is a municipality and town in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a famous and internationally known tourist destination in the Swiss Alps, in the Bern ...

The cathedral museum contains a large collection of sacral paintings and sculptures, as well as fascinating examples of folk art. Many pieces were donated to the cathedral by Duke Rudolf IV. Star exhibits include the famous portrait of the duke (c. ...

Tulln, on the right bank of the Danube river, was the site of the Roman camp of Comagena. Two structures remain from that period: the 3rdcentury Roman Tower, probably the oldest structure in Austria, and a milestone. Tulln is famous as the birthpla ...

Much of the popularity of the idyllically situated town of Durnstein is due to the adventures of the English King, Richard the Lionheart. On the Third Crusade, undertaken with the French King Philip August and the Austrian Margrave Leopold V, Richa ...

Name
The fjord gets its name from Trondheim – but at first the fjord could have been Pround or Prond in the Old Norse language. That name would have been related to the verb proast, and that translates to “flourish” or “thr ...